No Better Place: Real Gone Music Serves Up Prog-Metal, Soul-Jazz, and Power-Pop Reissues This Spring

By Sam Stone | April 1, 2021 | 3 Comments

Real Gone Music continues its excavation of overlooked and classic albums with more vinyl reissues from the vaults and a new addition to the Black Jazz Records series.  It all starts with a color reissue of Voïvod's The Outer Limits on April 30.  Jazz fans will want to check the stacks (or online shops) that […]

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A Song for You: Recent Ace Collections Spotlight Songs of Leon Russell, Kris Kristofferson

By Joe Marchese | April 1, 2021 | 5 Comments

Ace Records' two most recent entries in its Songwriter Series of collections both spotlight artists who bucked tradition to forge their own paths at the end of the 1960s and the dawn of the 1970s: Leon Russell and Kris Kristofferson. As we wrote upon his passing in 2016 at the age of 74, Leon Russell […]

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Hands Across The Water: Paul and Linda McCartney's "RAM" Gets Half-Speed Remaster Treatment in May

By Sam Stone | March 31, 2021 | 5 Comments

Paul McCartney had always been one for a homespun album, whether it be his 1970 debut McCartney, Chaos and Creation in the Backyard from 2005, or McCartney III, which he recorded in lockdown (or rockdown, as he called it). Last year, McCartney was the first of his albums to receive a half-speed remaster at Abbey Road, […]

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Pendulum Force: Cherry Red Reissues, Expands Shadows Drummer Brian Bennett's Space Disco "Voyage"

By Joe Marchese | March 31, 2021 | 0 Comments

Brian Bennett began drumming for The Shadows in 1961, and save for a handful of periods, he's been with the band ever since.  Yet his work with the band only encompasses one aspect of his career.  A composer, producer, and pianist as well as a drummer, Bennett has maintained a solo career since 1967 as […]

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Review: Neil Young, "Young Shakespeare"

By Sam Stone | March 30, 2021 | 3 Comments

When Neil Young announced the release of Young Shakespeare as Disc 3.5 of the Neil Young Archives Performance Series, many wondered, "Why another solo acoustic show?"  Since the archival series began in 2006, Young has released six solo acoustic concert albums, three of which chronicled performances from 1970-1971; Young Shakespeare was recorded in that time frame, […]

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